Can holder and opener

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1986-04-14

1988-01-05

Watts, Douglas D.

Cutting

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30 2, 30124, 83 54, 83451, 83467R, 269303, B26D 100

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047167980

ABSTRACT:
A pair of brackets is arranged side by side on a horizontal work surface so that a front flange of each extends down against a front edge of the work surface, and a rear flange of each projects upward. A large rectangular can to be opened is placed on its side on the brackets, with its bottom in engagement with the rear flanges. Side flanges on the brackets confine opposite sides of the can between them, and the top of the can is disposed at the front of the work surface. A T-handled, oblique bladed spear-like opener is then thrust piercingly longitudinally into the can through the top wall adjacent the rim. Preferably the width of the blade equals the width of the cut which needs to be made, so that four bayonet-like thrusts will neatly sever the lid from the can as a square of metal sheet. The task can be easily performed by one person, because the brackets by themselves hold the can at a convenient location for opening.

REFERENCES:
patent: 56368 (1866-07-01), Chapin
patent: 384973 (1888-06-01), Hawes
patent: 1095251 (1914-05-01), Washburne
patent: 1321578 (1919-11-01), Ward
patent: 1397217 (1921-11-01), Kepner
patent: 2770876 (1956-11-01), Teitelbaum
patent: 4356748 (1982-11-01), Tilton

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